lichess • Online Chess for pc and mac

lichess • Online Chess for Pc

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What is lichess • Online Chess?

This app is a free and open-source chess app that allows users to play various chess variants, including Crazyhouse, Chess960, King Of The Hill, Three-check, Antichess, Atomic chess, Horde, and Racing Kings. It has over 150,000 individual users daily and is designed for both phones and tablets, supporting landscape mode. The app is entirely free, without ads, and open-source.



Software Features and Description

1. - Crazyhouse: every time a piece is captured the capturing player gets a piece of the same type and of their color in their pocket.

2. - Racing Kings: Race your king to the eighth rank to win.

3. Built for the love of chess, this app is open source and free for all.

4. - Threecheck: check the opponent king three times.

5. Just like this application is open source, and respects user freedom.

6. - King Of The Hill: bring your king to the center to win.

7. - Chess960: pieces on the home rank are randomised.

8. - 150 000 individual users daily and growing fast.

9. It is entirely free and without ads, now and forever.

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Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

  1. Windows 7-10
  2. Windows 11

Download and install the lichess • Online Chess app on your Windows 10,8,7 or Mac in 4 simple steps below:


  1. Download an Android emulator for PC and Mac:
    Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks Pc or Mac software Here >> .

  2. Install the emulator on your PC or Mac:
    On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

  3. Using lichess • Online Chess on PC [Windows 7/ 8/8.1/ 10/ 11]:
    • Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "lichess • Online Chess"
    • The search will reveal the lichess • Online Chess app icon. Open, then click "Install".
    • Once lichess • Online Chess is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including lichess • Online Chess.
    • Now enjoy lichess • Online Chess on PC.

  4. Using lichess • Online Chess on Mac OS:
    Install lichess • Online Chess on your Mac using the same steps for Windows OS above.



How to download and use lichess • Online Chess App on Windows 11


To get lichess • Online Chess on Windows 11, check if there's a native lichess • Online Chess Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:


  1. Download the Amazon-Appstore » (U.S only)
    • Click on "Get" to begin installation. It also automatically installs Windows Subsystem for Android.
    • After installation, Goto Windows Start Menu or Apps list » Open the Amazon Appstore » Login (with Amazon account)

  2. For non-U.S users, Download the OpenPC software »
    • Upon installation, open OpenPC app » goto Playstore on PC » click Configure_Download. This will auto-download Google Play Store on your Windows 11.

  3. Installing lichess • Online Chess:
    • Login to your computer's PlayStore or Amazon AppStore.
    • Search for "lichess • Online Chess" » Click "Install" to install lichess • Online Chess
    • lichess • Online Chess will now be available on your windows start-menu.

Minimum requirements Recommended
  • 8GB RAM
  • SSD Storage
  • Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD Ryzen 3000
  • Architecture: x64 or ARM64
  • 16GB RAM
  • HDD Storage

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lichess • Online Chess functions

- Play bullet, blitz, classical, and correspondence chess

- Play in arena tournaments

- Find, follow, challenge players

- See your games stats

- Practice with chess puzzles

- Game analysis with local computer evaluation

- Server computer analysis with move annotations and game summary

- Opening explorer

- Play against offline computer

- Over The Board mode to play offline with a friend

- Standalone chess clock with multiple time settings

- Board editor

- Available in 80 languages

- Supports various chess variants: Crazyhouse, Chess960, King Of The Hill, Three-check, Antichess, Atomic chess, Horde, and Racing Kings

- Free and open-source

- Designed for both phones and tablets, supporting landscape mode.


Pros:

- Improved responsiveness and connectivity in the latest version

- Wide range of players and tournaments available

- User-friendly interface on desktop


Cons:

- Continual connectivity issues in previous versions

- Timing issues favoring stronger players and causing frustration for weaker players

- Puzzles not syncing between desktop and mobile versions

- Notification icon not syncing well

- Chat text box disappearing and occasional zooming issues with analysis board in correspondence games in the newest update.



Top Pcmac Reviews

  • Lag

    By hegel1755 (Pcmac user)

    I have been using this app for years, overall good application, lot of players from every corner of the planet, lot of tournaments for all strength levels, however the main shortfall of the application is timing. Players over 2400 strength gain time after each move, it looks like the apps is programmed to favor these players. On the other hand In tournament levels weak players gain tremendous time during the game and you see players at 2200 or more strength loosing on time against a player at 1600 strength. This is so ridiculous when you a player at master level loose on time continuously against a weak player. When you play to a player more or less at your strength the time is about right. Developers need to fix this issue, on short games time is essential. I do have extremely high speed internet connection with no lag at all, so saying this has to do with internet connection has no ground to be based upon. Other than this playing long time games like 10 minutes or more you shouldn't have any issue.
  • Great as a chess app, but bad for lichess standards

    By Thisguys1 (Pcmac user)

    I’ve played the app on desktop for years and as far as other chess mobile apps go, this one is not bad. However for what the app can offer, there are some issues with functionality, namely the puzzles. I can’t get them to sync. If I play through 10 tactics on desktop, and try to play some on my phone the next day, the tactics are the same ones I’ve seen on desktop, and solving them has no effect on my rating. As someone who mainly plays on desktop, this basically means I can’t play tactics on mobile. The other gripe I have is the notification icon doesn’t sync well either. If I get a notification and then use the app, the number stays there. For correspondence games I’ve played 6-7 moves and the notification number just keeps going up and up, even though I have no games that are pending my action.
  • New update is a nightmare...

    By Daniel Mullins ♟ (Pcmac user)

    I love the app. I use the app every day, it’s a great application, and by far the most user friendly chess application I’ve ever used. However, the newest update is riddled with problems that just can’t be overlooked. For starters, the chat text box disappears when I try to type a message to my opponent. It’s a pain to not see what you’re typing, and to hope that everything looks alright before sending. Secondly, opening the analysis board in correspondence games occasionally shows up “zoomed in,” where I can only see a portion of the board. This makes it impossible to properly analyze my next moves and renders the analysis board feature useless. Finally, aesthetically I have a problem with the moves list being above the board within a game. I guess this is personal preference and will just take some getting used to, but certainly weird and it takes up about a third of the screen. Not a deal breaker though. As for the other bugs, however, these are serious issues in my opinion and already I’ve felt a great deal of frustration using the new, updated the app, just in the last hour or so. Hopefully these are temporary problems with easy fixes, as I understand with any new major app change, issues are bound to come up.
  • Connect problems: update

    By ..billg (Pcmac user)

    My original review follows this one in quotes; this is an update. I have tried the lastest version of this app and it seems like it is much, much improved. Everything is very responsive and I have not had a single connectivity problem. My compliments to the developers who have obviously been working hard to fix the issues: kudos! From approximately two years ago: “I have a very fast internet connection (50 down/5 up) so when this app CONTINUALLY complains about losing its connection, this can only be a problem with your servers. I love the web interface; it's a shame that this app does not live up to it.”

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